INFORMATION ON APPLICATION AND PROJECT EXECUTION NPN-STEPPING OUT

INFORMATION ON APPLICATION AND PROJECT EXECUTION NPN-STEPPING OUT

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I. AWARD CRITERIA (FORM & CONTENT ) Selectio n Criteria

Ap p licatio n s will b e ap p ro ved o r d en ied b ased on th e f o llo wing list o f cr iter ia:

Fo rm a l selectio n criteria

1 . th e p ro ject m u st start n o ear lier th an 01 .0 1.2 0 22 . T he pr o ject mu st b e co mp leted b y 3 1. 12 . 20 22 at th e latest.

2 . th e ap p lican t m u st co n tr ib u te at least 10 % o f h is/h er o wn o r th ird- p arty f un d s ( cash ) or a cash less con tr ibu tion . Ju stif ied excep tion s ar e p o ssib le.

3 . th e p ro ject is m ain ly d ev elo p ed /imp lem en ted in Germ any .

4 . th e ap p lican t m eets th e m in imu m r equ iremen ts of NPN- STE PPI NG OUT . 5 . th e ap p lican t r esides in Germ any .

Co ntent, them atic a nd a rtistic selectio n criteria :

1 . th e p ro ject can b e assig n ed to o n e of th e fo u r fu nd ing ar eas.

2 . th e ex pected qu ality o f th e con ten t and p rof essio n alism of the pr oject ar e r ecog - n ized by th e ju r y of exp er ts, o r th e pr o ject has a r eco gn ized ar tistic q u ality . 3 . n on - th eatr ical, an alo g , m ed ia an d d ig ital pu b lic sp aces, as well as p erf o rm ativ e scen ic ar eas an d f ield s o f action y et to b e con ceived o r inv en ted , are o pen ed u p f or d an ce in or d er to ex p an d th e p r esen tatio n ch an n els f or dan ce th at wer e restr icted by th e Co ro na pand em ic an d th u s m ake artistic pr actice and occup ation p o ssib le ag ain . 4 . th e p ro ject h as sup ra- r eg ion al sign if ican ce an d/o r enr ich es th e d an ce o f fer o f th e co r resp on d in g r eg ion .

II. APPLICANTS

T h e f o llo wing ar e en titled to ap p ly : ind iv id ual ar tists, d an ce teach ers, d an ce en sem- b les, co llectiv es, p ro du ction cen ter s, venu es, f estiv als, pr od u ctio n o f f ices and d ance n etwor k s, n atu r al and leg al p er son s with headq u ar ter s o r a resid ence ( in th e case o f n atur al p eop le) in Germ any that that are no t sig n if ican tly pu b licly fu n ded o r su p- p o r ted with a p er cen tag e of p ub lic f un d s th at is less th an 50 %.

Po sta l a ddress

Please m ake sur e th at th e po stal ad dr ess (p age 2 ) ind icated in the app lication f or m is co r rect f or letter deliver ies ( e. g. send ing th e g r an t ag r eem en t) .

Letter o f a tto rney

I f th e g r an t is n o t to be p ro cessed by th e ap plican t/gr an t r ecip ien t him /h er self , th is can b e d eleg ated to a pr o du ct m anag em en t. This r equ ir es a letter of atto r ney f ro m th e g r an t recip ien t f or the p r od uction m an ag em ent. T he or ig in al o f th is letter o f atto rn ey m u st be sub m itted to Jo in t Ad v en tur es - Walter Heu n v ia p o st. I t sho u ld includ e th e f o llo win g :

- Sign atur e au tho r ity fo r th e p ro du ction m an ag em en t - Au th or ity to act fo r th e pr od uction m an ag em en t

- Po wer of atto rn ey fo r th e p ro du ction m an ag em en t o ver th e p ro ject acco un t

I f all th ese thr ee th ings ar e p ar t o f the po wer o f attor n ey , th e d eclaratio n o f con sen t an d also th e p ro of of use can b e sig n ed b y th e p ro du ction m an ag emen t. Oth er wise, th e g r an tee r em ain s the m ain r esp on sib le p erso n , h as to sign ev ery th in g h im self /h er- self and also r eceives th e co r resp on den ce. Howev er, the pr od u ctio n m an ag em en t can in d icate pr o ject ch ang es an d also p r ep are the statem en t o f acco un t, wh ich th e g ran tee m u st sign .

III. PROJ ECT

I n th e co n tex t o f NPN-ST E PPI NG OUT , p ro jects can b e app lied fo r in the fo llo win g f o ur f ield s o f su pp or t:

• Field of suppo rt 1 : Plan n in g and realizing ind iv id u al artistic p ro jects th at im- p lem en t tem po r ar y p r esen tation sp aces (p ub lic) : per fo rm ative ch o reo g raph ic p r actices ( e. g . p er fo rman ces, p erf or m ativ e wor k sho p con cep ts o r similar pr o- jects) are realized in sp aces su ch as m u seu m s, p ar k s, p ar k in g ho u ses, pu b lic sq u ar es, f acad es, etc. (wh ile ab id in g by the secu r ity regu lation s app licab le at th e resp ectiv e d ate at th e lo cation o f r ealizatio n ). Reop en in g s o r adap tation s o f stag e p lay s f or p erfo r m an ce in p ub lic sp aces ar e also co n sider ed h er e.

• Field of suppo rt 2 : artistic p ro jects th at ex p lo re n ew p ath s of record in g, p ro - jectio n and d istr ibu tion (p ub lic an d no n- pu b lic) : e.g . th e im p lem en tatio n o f 3 6 0 ° camer as, su rv eillan ce techn o lo g ies, dr on es, v ir tual reality / aug m en ted r e- ality tech no log ies, p ublic scr een ing s, r ad io , film , am on g o ther s. Reop en in g s o r ad ap tation s of stag e p lay s fo r p erf or m an ce in p ub lic o r d ig ital space ar e also co n sider ed her e.

• Field of suppo rt 3 : Edu cation p ro grams, web-b ased semin ars o r similar d is- co ur se fo r mats (p ub lic an d n on -p ub lic).

Pro ject dura tio n

I n p r in cip le, th e p ro ject m ay no t b e star ted u ntil th e g r an t ag reem en t h as b een con - clu d ed . T h e fu nd ing app lication can b e co mb in ed with an ap plication fo r ear ly star t o f th e m easur e ( see item 6 , p ag e 3 in th e ap p licatio n fo r m) . By ap p ly in g fo r an ear ly star t of the m easu r e, the p ro ject can b e star ted as ear ly as 01 .0 1. 20 22 . Th e ear ly star t o f th e m easur e can n ever be ap p lied f o r b ef ore th e star t o f th e p ro ject, bu t at th e ear- liest at th e star t o f th e p r o ject. T h e app ro v al p er io d end s at th e en d o f th e p ro ject sp ecif ied in the ap p licatio n, bu t n o later th an 3 1. 12 . 20 22 . By th en, th e pr o ject mu st b e co mp leted in acco r dan ce with th e f un d in g p r incip les. I t is adv isab le to set a g en - er ou s pr o ject du r atio n, as no t on ly th e imp lem en tatio n o f th e pr o ject m u st b e sch ed - u led, bu t also all o rg anizatio nal an d f in an cial m atter s m u st b e co mp leted with in th e p er io d . Sub seq uen tly , th e ap p lican t h as six week s to su bm it the pr oo f o f u se. Fo r m o r e inf or m atio n o n the p ro of o f u se, see "Notes o n th e p ro of o f u se".

IV. PROJ ECT CALCULATION

T h e m in imal sup po r t su m f o r an app licatio n sh o u ld , as a r u le, b e E UR 1 0 .0 00 ,- and can no t ex ceed th e m ax im u m su m o f E UR 50 .00 0 ,- p er p ro ject. A m inim u m o f 10 % of th e sum mu st b e o wn mean s or mean s f ro m a th ir d p ar ty. Ju stif ied excep tion s ar e p o s- sib le, th is r eq u ir es a pr elim inary ex p lan ation at the tim e of ap p licatio n as well as a p er m ission f ro m JOI NT ADVE NT URE S – Walter Heu n . Own m ean s can in clud e p ro - ject- r elated m ater ial an d p er so nn el co sts and can b e r en d er ed by a pu r po se - ap pr op r i- ated g r an t b y th ird p arties o r o wn m ean s can b e co n tr ibu ted as well as ( cash less) o wn m ean s. I n the case o f pr o jects with f u rth er co- f inan cin g o r o wn cash r esou r ces:

Please m ark in co lor an d with a m ar g in no te in the f in ancial p lan the item s to wh ich o u r fu nd ing relates. Own m ean s/ cash less o wn m ean s can also in clud e in com e fr om all f or m s o f o ff er s th at r equ ire pay men t and par ticip atio n f ees as well as p er so nn el co sts as lon g as th ey can be asso ciated with th e pr o ject in a p lau sib le way . Wo rk can also b e con sid er ed cash less o wn m ean s as alon g at it can b e asso ciated with the pr o- ject in a p lau sib le way ( p er h ou r o f wor k [ 60 m in u tes] , E UR 1 5,- m ax im um , wh ereby at a max imu m o f 10 % o f th e to tal elig ib le exp end itur es up to a cap o f E UR 1 0. 00 0, - ).

I n th is case, on ly th e actu ally p er fo r med and p r ov en wor k ho ur s ( sign ed tim e sh eets) will b e con sid ered . How ( cash less) o wn means ar e im p lem en ted m u st b e clear ly in d i- cated in th e ex pend itu re o verv iew ( see gr ay co lu mn "th ereo f o wn cash less o wn m ean s").

T h e to tal ex pend itur es an d to tal in co m e m u st b e balanced in th e f in an cing plan. On ly in com e an d exp end itures ar e elig ib le th at ar e b o ok ed between the pro ject b eg in u n til th e p r o ject en d (3 1 .1 2.2 0 21 at the latest).

No n-elig ible ex penses

T h e g r an t ag r eem en t is accom p an ied by th e ob lig atio n to o b ser v e the p r in cip les of eco no m ic m an agem en t an d th e p ro h ib ition o f an y p ref er en tial tr eatmen t o f p ub lic em - p lo yees in th e pu b lic secto r. Acco rd ing ly, the f o llo wing ex p en ses are n ot elig ib le f or f u nd ing :

- Per son nel co sts abo ve com p ar ab le salar ies in the pu b lic sector : I n p r incip le, em p lo y ees o f pr o ject ex ecu tin g agen cies m ay n o t r eceiv e h igh er r emu n er ation th an com p ar ab le emp loy ees in th e pu b lic secto r . On ly the T Vö D- Bun d ser v es as a com p ar ison .

- Wag e co sts fo r p er m an en t staf f : Wag e co sts f o r staf f who ar e em p lo y ed by th e p r o ject ex ecu ting ag en cy b eyo nd th e p ro ject p er iod ar e o n ly elig ib le fo r f u nd ing if pr oo f is pr ov id ed of th e p ro po r tio n o f wo rk ing tim e d evo ted to pr o- ject imp lem en tation . Salar y co sts fo r emp loyees with m an ag er ial o r ar tistic d u ties wh o ar e emp loyed by th e p ro ject ex ecutin g o rg an ization b eyon d th e p ro - ject p er iod ar e g ener ally no t elig ib le fo r f un din g , as pr o ject sup po r t is o n e o f th e ex ecu ting or g an izatio n 's co r e r esp on sib ilities.

- Fees fo r asso ciatio n m em ber s: Fees f or services r en d er ed by m em ber s of no n- p r of it asso ciation s are in adm issib le if th e activ ity is with in th e scope o f vo l- u n tar y wo rk . An y activity go ing b eyo nd th is is o n ly to b e r em un er ated on th e b asis o f a co n tr actu al ag r eem en t and o n th e basis o f specif ic activ ity r ep or ts, in so f ar as it is clear that th e ser v ices inv o lv ed clear ly ex ceed th e sco p e o f v o lun tar y wo rk .

- Ho sp itality co sts: Hosp itality co sts fo r em p lo y ees, fr eelan cer s and o th er co m m ission ed per son s ( lectur er s, sp eak er s, etc. ) at team m eeting s, co m pan y celeb ration s, etc. ar e no t elig ib le f or f un d in g . I n add ition , th e h o sp itality o f g u ests is o n ly po ssib le to an ap pr op r iate ex ten t an d o n ly with a wr itten h o sp i- tality n o te ( stating th e p lace, d ate an d r eason f o r th e ho sp itality , as well as th e sub m ission of a list o f th e p er so n s wh o wer e en ter tain ed ) .

- Alcoh o l, cig arettes an d o th er stimu lan ts ar e n o t n ecessar y f or th e im p lemen - tatio n o f th e pr o ject and are ther ef or e n o t eligib le fo r fu nd ing . Su ch ex p en ses m u st be f in an ced thr oug h sp on so r in g, wh ich pr o v id es f un d s ear m ar k ed fo r th is p u rp o se. If th is is do cum en ted , th e ear mark ed in com e an d exp en ses ar e re- d u ced b y th e sam e am ou n t in th e n um er ical pro o f by th e sam e amo unt, so th at th er e is no redu ction in the Cu ltur al Fo un d atio n 's f un d in g .

- Value ad d ed tax in the case o f in pu t tax d edu ction en titlem en t: I f th e pr o ject ap p lican t is en titled to d edu ct inp u t tax , on ly th e n et am ou n ts o f th e ex pen ses in cur r ed ar e elig ib le for fu nd ing . Paid VAT can b e claim ed ag ain st the tax o f- f ice.

- Vo lu n tar y in sur ance: Co sts f o r tr av el can cellatio n in sur ance, tr avel liab ility in su r an ce and basically all in sur an ces no t req u ired b y law ar e n o t elig ib le.

Co sts f o r tr av el h ealth in su r an ce, vaccinations o r a f ir st- aid k it ar e also no t elig ib le un less th ey are r eq u ir ed by law.

- Dun n in g f ees, in ter est o n arr ear s, f in es, co ntr actu al p en alties: T h ese ex - p en ses can no t b e claimed as th ey are no t n ecessar y an d con tr ad ict the p r in ci- p le o f econ o m ic an d eco n om ical bu dg et man ag em en t.

- T elep ho ne co sts: b asic ch ar g es, no n- pr o ject-r elated calls: I n th e case o f th e u se of a p r iv ate o r existin g co mp an y land lin e o r cell ph on e con n ectio n , n eith er th e b asic ch arg es no r th e pr ivate calls ar e elig ib le f or r eimb ur sem ent u nd er th e f u nd ed pr o ject. T h e pro ject-r elated call co sts ar e elig ib le f o r fu nd ing on ly u p on p r esen tatio n o f a co r resp on d in g ly m ark ed ind iv id ual call r eco rd .

- Ong o in g co sts o f ex istin g in fr astru ctur e: Ong o ing co sts th at are not o n ly in - cu r red d ur ing a pr o ject ( e.g . r en t fo r a pr op erty fo r wh ich a p er m an en t ten an cy also ex ists o u tside the f u nd ing p er io d) ar e n o t elig ib le fo r fu nd ing . If ex- p en ses h av e in cr eased as a r esu lt of th e p ro ject ( e.g . in cr eased op eratin g co sts) , th ese can b e r eco gn ized if app ro pr iate ev id en ce is pr ov ided .

Pro curem ent la w

Acco rd ing to No. 1 . 1 ANBest- P, th e r equ irem en t o f econ om ic an d eco no m ical u se of th e sub sid y app lies r egar d less o f th e to tal amo u n t of th e sub sidy . This m ean s th at p r ice com p ar iso n s m ay b e n ecessary r eg ar d less o f th e am ou n t. With acq u isitio n s o f d ev ices etc. in p r in cip le th ree co mp ar in g co st o ff er s ar e to b e caug ht u p ( fr ee- h an d assig n m en t) ! Th e mo st eco no m ical/m o st econ om ical o f fer is to b e taken as a ru le. I t can h app en that, f or exam p le, fo r ar tistic r easo n s (e. g. g r ap h ic d esign of f ly er s, stage d esig n, etc. ), the mo st co st- eff ectiv e o ff er can n o t b e tak en. In su ch cases, th e r ea- so n s fo r th is mu st be do cum en ted in an awar d n o te. Th e b id s and the award no te m u st b e en clo sed later as p ar t of the settlemen t o f accou n ts.

Pu r su an t to No. 3 ANBest- P, if th e f un d in g or, in th e case o f f un d ing by sev er al bo d- ies, th e to tal amo un t of fu nd ing ex ceed s E UR 1 00 ,0 00 , th e p ro ject ex ecu tin g agen cy is b ou nd by th e Su b -T hr esh o ld Regu latio n o n th e Awar d o f Co n tr acts f or Sup p lies an d Ser v ices ( UVg O) :

Fo r co n tr acts ex ceed ing €3 ,0 00 ex clud ing VAT ( lim ited u n til 31 .1 2 .2 0 21 in ac- co rd an ce with th e Hand lu ng sleitlin ien f ür d ie Bu n desv er waltun g f ür d ie

Ver g ab e ö ff en tlich er Au f träg e zur Besch leu n ig u ng in v estiv er M aßn ah m en zu r Bewältig u ng d er wir tsch af tlich en Fo lg en d er COVI D- 1 9- Pand em ie) , th r ee com - p ar ativ e o ff er s m u st b e o b tain ed an d th ese m ust b e d o cu m en ted to u s in th e p r oo f of u se.

Fo r fu r th er r eg u lation s o n th e award ing o f con tr acts, p lease r ef er to th e UVg O:

h ttp s://www.v erg ab ev or sch r if ten. d e/u vg o.

Fu r th er in fo r m ation and the gu idelin es f or actio n can b e f ou nd at:

h ttp s://www.b m wi.d e/Red ak tion /DE /Do ssier /o ef fen tlich e-auf tr aeg e-u n d- ver gab e. h tm l

Inv ento ry of o bjects

I f o b jects o r r ig h ts ( e.g . r igh ts of u se, per fo rm an ce r ig h ts, r ep ro d uctio n r igh ts, ex - p lo itatio n r igh ts) with an acq u isitio n v alu e o f m or e th an €8 00 . 00 n et wer e p ro cur ed d u r in g th e cou r se o f the p ro ject, an inv en tor y list con tain in g th e fo llo win g inf or - m ation mu st b e enclo sed with th e pr oo f :

- th e typ e an d nu mb er o f th e o b jects or r ig h ts - th e d ate of acqu isition and

- th e n et acq u isition v alu e in eu r o s

Fo r all ob jects th at ar e su b ject to th e inv en tor y o b lig ation , a ju stif icatio n exp lain ing h o w th is ob ject( s) will co ntinu e to be u sed mu st b e su bm itted in additio n to th e in - v en to ry list at th e latest wh en th e p ro of o f u se is su bm itted. Other wise, th e item( s) will b e so ld o n th e m ark et af ter exp ir atio n of th e ear m ar k in g p er iod ( p ro ject du r a- tio n ), p u rch ased fr om th e gr an to r or h and ed ov er to th e g r an tor . I n th e fo rm er case, th e acq u ir ed m in im um p r oceed s o r r esid u al v alu e mu st be ad d ed to th e in com e o f th e p r o ject accou n tin g . Said pr of it mu st be tran sfer r ed to the fu nd ing institu tio n. If th e g r an tee tak es o v er th e in v en tor y , th e cur r en t v alu e is calcu lated acco r d in g to tax r u les ( so - called Af A tab le) and repo r ted as inco m e in th e p ro of o f use.

I f cir cum stan ces ar ise ( d iscon tinu atio n o f f und in g, ch ang e in statu tor y task s) th at n o lo n ger p erm it ap pr op r iate u se, th e d ecisio n of th e f un d in g in stitu tio n o n fu r ther u se m u st be ob tain ed. Th e co nd ition an d estim ated r esid u al v alu e o f th e item s in q uestio n as well as a p ro po sal fo r f ur th er u se mu st b e co m mu n icated.

Sta te a id o r suppo rt m ea sures

No fu nd s can be ap p lied fo r th at ar e to b e accessed f ro m state assistan ce o r f ed er al o r “L änd er” sup po r t measu r es cr eated to d eal with th e Cov id- 19 pand em ic ( see, fo r ex amp le, www. ku ltur r at. d e/co ro n a/m assn ahm en - der - laend er /) . I n so far as f un d s f o r a p r o ject ar e in tend ed to b e r eceiv ed fr o m o th er f ed eral sup po r t g r an t p ro gr am s ( no t asso ciated with Cov id-1 9 ), it m u st b e en sur ed th at th e su pp o rts ser ve d iff eren t su p- p o r t pu rp o ses an d can b e dif fer en tiated fr o m o n e ano th er .

Tem pla te fina ncing pla n

A co mp r eh en siv e r epr esen tation of th e f in an cin g p lan mu st b e attached to the ap p li- catio n as an attach m ent. Wh en do ing th is, p lease u se th e o b lig ator y f o rm , wh ich yo u can f ind at o ur web site: h ttp s://www. jo in tadven tur es. n et/n atio n ales-p er fo rm ance- n etz/stepp ing -o u t/.

JOI NT ADVE NT URE S – Walter Heun mu st be im m ed iately inf or m ed o f an y chang es in the pr o ject an d in the calcu lation . We will au d it th e so ur ce and d isp o sitio n state- m en t o n th e b asis o f the m o st r ecen t calcu latio n af ter the pr o ject has b een com p leted .

V. GUIDELINES FOR CREATING A FINANCING PLAN

NPN- ST E PPI NG OUT is p ar t o f „Neu star t Ku ltu r “, an in itiativ e o f the Ger man Fed - er al Go v er n men t Co mm issio n er fo r Cu ltu re an d th e Med ia ( BKM ) . BKM g r an ts ar e p aid o ut u sin g f un d s f ro m th e f ed er al b ud get. BKM su b sid ies ar e th us tax mo n ies.

T h ey un d er lie v ery str ict r eg u latio n s; th e same th at all tax rev en u e- fin an ced f un d s in p u b lic b ud g ets ar e su b ject to. Th e main r eg u latio n is th e Bu n desh au sh altso rd nu ng ( BHO) with its d etailed r eg u lation s, fo r ex amp le th e ad m in istr ative r u les an d r eg u la- tio n s ( VV) .

I n th e f o llo wing yo u will f ind d ir ectiv es an d ex cerp ts of th e cu rr en tly valid r egu la- tio n s. Please abid e b y th em in cr eatin g y ou r fin an cin g p lan ( item ized acco un t accor d- in g to catego r ies o f the exp end itur es relativ e to th e p ur po se of th e g r an t, with an o v er v iew o f in ten ded fin an cin g) . When cr eatin g y ou r f inan cin g p lan, p lease u se th e f o rm mad e av ailab le by JOI NT ADVE NT URES – Walter Heun ; h er e y o u can includ e item ized inp u t acco r din g to y ou r sp ecif ic need s.

Genera l info rma tio n

I n th e f ir st lin e o f th e f in an ce p lan ( see fo r m) , p lease in clud e th e f ollo win g inf or - m ation : the title o f th e p ro ject, wh eth er it is a n et (if en titled to d ed u ct p re- tax ) o r g r o ss f in an cing p lan and the date o f cr eatio n .

Entitlem ent to pre-tax deductio n

I f th e r esp on sib le p ar ty fo r th e p ro ject is en titled to dedu ct p r e- tax, th en the gr an ts m u st be hand led n et is eq u al to g ro ss. VAT, wh ich can b e d ed ucted in acco rd ance with § 15 Um satzsteu er g esetz ( UStG) as pr e- tax , d o es no t belon g to co sts th at can b e su b sid ized . T hu s, in the f ram ewor k of the sour ce an d d ispo sition statem en t, on ly th e co sts ( pr ices with ou t VAT ) can b e co n sid er ed ( see Nr. 6. 2. 2 ANBest-P) . In th e case o f p ar tial en titlem en t to pr e- tax d ed u ctio n, only the net su m s can b e r eim bu r sed . Ma in item s

T o en su re tran sp ar ency in th e f in an cing p lan, item s sh ou ld, when p o ssib le, in d icate th e b ases of m easu r emen t, calcu lation an d calcu lation m etr ics ( e.g . , n um b er o f p eo- p le, d ay s, ho ur ly wag e, tick et sales, etc. ) .

T h e to tals o f th e r esp ectiv e f ees o r co sts are en ter ed in co lum n C ( in d ivid ual item s) . I f n ecessary , co lu m n D sh ou ld con tain in fo rmatio n abo u t th e cash less o wn m ean s.

T h e ap p lican t do es no t m ake an y en tr ies in colu m n E ( su b to tal and to tal) , th e fo r m calcu lates th e su b to tals o f th e m ain item s o n its o wn and f in ally adds th em u p as the to tal sum of th e ex pen ses.

Ca shless o wn mea ns

I n th e NPN- ST E PPI NG OUT fu nd ing p ro g rams, it is po ssib le to p ro vid e f in an cial se- cu r ity in th e amo un t o f 1 0 % o f th e fu nd ing sum thr ou gh cash less p erso n al m ean s.

T h o se ar e alway s ser v ices f or wh ich no mo n ey is paid . T hese cash less m ean s mu st be m ad e on a p ro ject- sp ecif ic basis d ur ing th e p ro ject p er io d and mu st b e do cu m en ted in th e p r oo f of u se.

E x amp les o f cash less in tern al serv ices:

- Fees fo r ser v ices r end er ed in the fo rm of "vo lu ntary wor k " with in th e scop e o f th e p r o ject.

- M ater ial r eso ur ces that ar e m ad e av ailab le to the pr o ject fr om the in v en tor y All o ther ser v ices f or wh ich m on ey f lo ws cann o t b e co ntr ibu ted as cash less o wn m ean s. Su ch serv ices ar e includ ed in th e f inan cing plan as p ar t o f th e lin e item s.

E x amp le:

T h e KSK levy is to b e p r ov ided cash less Th is is n o t po ssib le, sin ce th e KSK lev y is p aid in r eal ter m s. In th is case, th e amo un t r eq u ired to p ay th e KSK lev y m u st b e co n tr ibu ted to th e p ro ject in th e f or m o f cash. At the sam e tim e

th e KSK lev y is listed as a lin e item in th e f in an cin g p lan . Ca lcula tio n ba sis fo r ca shless o wn m ea ns

I n o rd er to in clu d e cash less m ean s and to p r esen t th em in the sou r ce an d d isp o sition statem en t, yo u n eed a calcu latio n b asis. Fo r p er son n el co sts, th is is sp ecif ied b y th e Fed er al Gov ern m en t Co m m ission er f or Cu ltu re and th e M ed ia; f or mater ial r esou r ces, th e situ atio n is so mewh at mo r e com p licated.

Perso nnel co sts: Th e calcu latio n o f cash less fees is alway s b ased on 1 5 € /h ou r.

T h is is stipu lated in the r eg u latio n s o f th e pro g ram s an d in th e f un din g p r in ci- p les of the BKM an d can no t be ch ang ed , ev en if th e h ou r ly wages actu ally p aid wer e h igh er . Th is is not least du e to th e f act th at all g ran tees f air ly u se th e sam e ho ur ly wag e b asis f o r calcu lation . T he am ou n t o f cash less o wn r eso ur ces f o r f ees m ay no t ex ceed 5, 00 0€ in to tal.

Ma teria l co sts: La rg er o bjects

I f y ou wan t to con tr ib ute cash less fu nd s in the f or m o f m ater ial co sts, y ou m u st determ in e th e calcu lation b asis yo ur self an d pr esen t it in a com p r eh en si- b le mann er in th e p ro of of u se. Th is is u su ally po ssib le in two way s:

1 . y ou determ in e th e cu r r en t m ark et v alue of th e o b ject ( mark et v alue m ean s wh at the ob ject is wor th tod ay, n o t wh at th e ob ject m ay h av e co st when it was acq u ir ed) . I f yo u can pr o ve th is v alu e b y e. g. r ealistic seco nd -h and of f er s, yo u u se th is v alue as th e sum yo u b r in g in to th e p ro ject.

E x amp le b eamer :

Yo u o wn a 2 year o ld beam er th at yo u will u se in th e p ro ject. Th e acq u isition v alu e was 2. 00 0€ . An in tern et r esear ch - wh ich yo u do cum en t fo r th e f or the p r oo f of u se ( e. g. with scr een sh o ts) - sh o ws th at to d ay

to d ay fo r th e b eam er used r ath er 80 0€ wo u ld b e paid. Based o n

T h is do cum en tation allo ws yo u to b r in g th e pr o jecto r in to the pr o ject as a cash less con tr ib u tio n of 80 0€ .

2 . y ou determ in e, ho w h ig h the r en ting p r ice f o r th e equ ipm en t wou ld b e with a o ff erer u p- to- d ate ( e.g . b y I n ter net search) an d d ocu men t th e o ff er.

( I f th e sam e d ev ice is n o t av ailab le f or ren t, a com p ar ab le d ev ice in ter m s o f tech n ical sp ecif icatio ns, a co m par ab le d ev ice sh ou ld b e u sed. If th is is n o t p o ssib le, p lease u se v ar ian t 1 ).

Equipm ent: sma ll pa rts (e.g . ma teria ls fo r building pro ps)

I f y ou ar e co n tr ibu ting sm all par ts as cash less in tern al ser v ices, p lease cr eate a tabu lar ov erv iew an d calcu late th e cash less in tern al serv ices o n the b asis of stan d ard m ark et p r ices.

Ma teria l co sts: Rental co sts (e.g ., rehearsa l ro om s)

I n o rd er to con tr ibu te cash less r en tal co sts, it is su f f icien t to h av e a r en tal ag r eem en t th at pr ov id es ev id en ce of the r en tal co sts. Ho wev er , h er e to o it is o n ly po ssib le to co n tr ib u te co sts that can b e allo cated to the pr o ject. I f, f o r ex amp le, a reh ear sal r oo m is also u sed b y o ther ar tists, on ly th e r en tal co sts f o r wh ich th e f un d ed pr o ject is activ e in th is r o om can b e sub m itted . So , if ap - p licab le, y ou may n eed to calcu late an ho ur ly r ate f r om th e mo n th ly r en tal r ate so th at yo u can calcu late th e co sts attr ibu tab le to th e p ro ject.

Ca shless o wn mea ns fro m v enues o r co o pera ting institutio ns

I f a coo p er atin g in stitutio n con tr ibu tes cash less ser v ices to the pr o ject, an of - f icial letter f ro m th e man agem en t of th e co rr esp o nd ing in stitu tion statin g an eq u iv alen t valu e in eu ro s cor r espo nd ing to the ser v ice is suf f icien t as p ro of : E x amp le:

"We h er eb y con f ir m that we will p ro v id e r ehear sal ro om s to th e p ro ject "pr o- ject n am e" f or a p er iod o f X week s. Th is co r resp o nd s to an equ ivalen t valu e o f X€ . "

Ca lcula tio n o f ca shless o wn mea ns in the fina ncing pla n

I n th e f or m tem p late "T em p late f in an cing p lan ", wh ich yo u can f in d o n ou r web site, th er e is a co lum n f or th e cash less o wn r eso urces and at th e sam e tim e an au to matic calcu latio n.

T h e cash less o wn r esou r ces ar e - ev en if no m o ney f lo ws - still ex pen ses of the pr o- ject. Th eref or e, th ey mu st b e calcu lated in the exp en ses. I f yo u would no t d o th at, th e fu nd ing am ou n t o f NPN- ST E PPI NG OUT wo u ld b e r ed uced, becau se yo u wou ld d eclare rev en u es th at hav e n o cor r espo nd ing eq u ivalen t in th e exp end itu res. On ly if th e o wn r esou r ces ar e in d icated b o th in th e exp en ses an d in th e r ev en u es, yo u will n o t su f fer an y d isad v an tag e.

I n o rd er f or th is calcu latio n to b e p erf or m ed co r rectly in th e f or m, y o u mu st ind icate th e cash less o wn r eso ur ces bo th in th e lin e item s and in the gr ay colu m n "of wh ich cash less o wn r eso ur ces".

T h e wo rd "o f wh ich " ref er s to th e sum of th e lin e item . Ex a m ple:

Yo u wan t to p ay a p ro du ction man ag er 5 ,0 00 € in r eal ter m s. In ad d itio n , cashless h o ur s ar e co n tr ibu ted by the pr od u ctio n m an ag er : 2 0 ho ur s equ ivalen t to 30 0€ (b ased o n 1 5€ /ho ur ) .

T h e co rr espo nd ing line o f th e f in an cin g p lan sh o u ld n o w lo ok lik e th is:

5 , 30 0€ lin e item = > of wh ich cash less o wn wor k 3 00 € = > i. e. 5 ,0 00 € will b e p aid ou t in r eal ter m s an d 3 00 € will b e con tr ibu ted in cash less term s.

IMPORTANT: Wh en sig n in g con tracts with pro v id ers o f cashless serv ices, mak e su r e th at y ou ag r ee on th e real f ees an d n o t the to tal in clu d in g cash less ser v ices. I n th e ab ov e ex amp le, you wou ld con clud e a con tr act fo r 5 ,0 00 € and ad d itio n ally sp ec- if y th e n um b er o f h ou rs r equ ir ed fo r cash less in tern al ser v ices.

Brea k do wn of ca shless o wn mea ns in the fina ncing pla n

T h e E x cel f ile "Fin an cin g p lan temp late" h as a secon d tab /p ag e "Cash less o wn m ean s". T h is can b e fou n d in th e E xcel win dow at the bo ttom lef t:

On th is p ag e, y ou m u st list each item th at contr ib u tes cashless o wn m ean s an d ind i- cate the basis o f calcu latio n in th e exp lan ato ry no tes.

Ex a m ple 1:

Yo u r fu nd ing amo un t is 3 0 .0 00 €. So yo u n eed 3 ,0 00 € o f co- f in ancing to cov er th e 1 0 % o f th e g r an t am oun t. ( You r to tal ex pen ses an d in co m e wou ld b e 3 3, 00 0€ in th is ex amp le). Th e r equ ir ed 1 0 % can com e f r om d if f eren t so ur ces.

Ex a m ple 2:

Yo u r fu nd ing amo un t is 3 0 .0 00 €. So yo u n eed 3 .0 00 € co- f inan cin g. Yo u b r in g in 1 . 00 0€ cash o wn m eans, h av e a sp on so r in g in th e am ou n t of 1. 50 0€ ,

in to tal already 2 . 50 0€ secu r ed co -f inan cin g. Yo u b r in g in th e r em ain in g 50 0€

th r ou gh cash less o wn m ean s.

Ta x es a nd socia l security co ntributio ns

Un f or tun ately , NPN- ST E PPI NG OUT cann o t an swer q u estio n s ab ou t tax es an d so cial secu r ity co n tr ib u tio n s, b ecau se th is d ep en d s o n m any f actor s.

T h e f un d s p ro v id ed by NPN- ST E PPI NG OUT an d th eir u se ar e tr eated in th e sam e way as all fu nd s and ex p en ses of the pr o ject ap p lican t. T he co n seq uen ces d ep en d, fo r ex amp le, on the ar ticles o f association , th e p ur p o se of the co m pany , th e ex istin g no n- p r of it statu s, the tu r nov er in th e d iff er en t ar eas ( id ealistic area, econ o m ic area, sp e- cial- pu rp o se o per atio n) with su b seq u en t tu rno v er an d /o r co rp or ate in com e tax liab il- ity an d , in th e end , also on th e g u id elines o f y o ur tax o ff ice f or the b o ok ing o f su b si- d ies. In d iff er en t f ederal states, sub sid ies ar e h and led dif fer en tly . In the case o f th e last r ecip ien t ( e.g . th e ar tist as a n atu r al p er so n ), th e sub sid ies m u st b e r epo r ted as in com e. Wheth er an d ho w th ey ar e tax ed an d su b ject to social secu r ity co n tr ib u tio n s ag ain d ep en d s o n th e in com e, ex isting em p loy m en t an d tax and co n tr ib u tio n ob lig a- tio n s o f th e in d iv idu al. Un fo r tu n ately , yo u m ust d iscu ss th ese issu es with yo ur tax ad v isor o r accou n tan t, wh o k no ws yo ur in d iv id u al cir cu m stan ces.

Ex pense a llo wa nce

Fo r p er son s who d o not earn their liv ing with th e p ro ject o r with th is activ ity, a sm all exp en se allo wance can be paid ( e.g . lay acto r s). Th is com p ensatio n th en cov er s th eir exp en ses f or tr avel and meals. I t is no t an ear n in g sim ilar to a f ee. Th er ef or e, su ch co mp en satio n m ay no t b e as h igh as th e f ee o f a pr of essio n al.

Ty pe o f suppo rt

NPN- ST E PPI NG OUT fu n d s ar e gr an ted to th e r espo n sib le par ties in th e fo rm of f ix ed - am ou n t f in an cin g. T he ex p en d itu r es listed in the f in ancing p lan are co v er ed up to the lev el o f th e allocated su pp o rt su m. In acco rd an ce with th e BKM ’ s g ran t r eg u la- tio n s, o n ly th o se exp end itu res can be r eim bu rsed th at are d ir ectly cau sed b y th e p ro - ject. Th e r espo n sib le par ty o f th e pr o ject is ob lig ated to imp lemen t th e sup po r t f un d s in an eco no m ical and fr u gal way , an d on ly f or th e pu rp o se o f th e pro ject th at was ap-

T h e sup po r t su m s can o n ly b e u sed in pr op or tio n to an y o th er su pp ort f un d s f ro m o th er sup po r tin g in stitu tion s o r th ir d- p ar ty / oth er m ean s m ad e av ailab le to the r e- sp o n sib le par ties.

Request for pay ment

Af ter th e sig n ed co n tr act h as b een received by bo th p ar ties, th e g r an tee can r equ est th e f ir st fu nd s. Th e app r ov ed fu nd ing am ou n t can b e p aid in fu ll o r in tr an ch es u sin g th e requ est fo r f un d s fo r m. ( see cor r esp on d ing fo r m fo r d o wn load on ou r web site:

h ttp s://www. jo in tad v entu r es.n et/nation ales-p er f or m an ce- n etz/step p ing - ou t/) as a scan b y m ail at stepp ing ou t@jo in tadv en tu r es.n et.

T h e r equ ested su m m u st b e d isbu r sed with in fiv e week s fr om the r eceip t o f th e am ou n t o n, oth er wise in ter est will b e char ged at a r ate o f 5 p er cen tag e po ints abo v e th e resp ectiv e p r ime rate in accor d an ce with Sectio n 24 7 o f th e Germ an Civ il Co de p . a. ( cf . Section 49 a VwVf G) . I f th e f un d s ar e no t u sed o n tim e, this m u st be re- p o r ted im m ed iately or th e am ou n t m u st b e tr an sf err ed b ack .

Pro hibitio n of different lev els o f pay m ent in the sam e pa ym ent ca teg o ry

I f th e sup po r t su m s ar e also u sed f or per son n el exp end itur es or material adm in istr a- tio n co sts, an d if th e to tal co sts o f th e gr an t r ecip ien t ar e p r im ar ily co ver ed b y su p- p o r t fr o m pu b lic so ur ces, th en th e g r an t recipien t can no t g iv e h is o r h er em p lo yees an ad v an tag e in r elation to com p ar ab le fed er al em p lo yees. No f ees ab o ve the lim its in d icated in th e co llectiv e ag r eem en t fo r p ub lic adm in istr atio n s ( T Vö D) , o r o th er p aym en t b ey on d th e sco p e o f th ese tar if f agr eem en ts, is allo wed .

Minim um wag es

L AFT Ber lin e. V. h as p u b lish ed r eco mm end atio n s fo r m in im um wages f or pr o ject ap - p lication s in th e p er fo rm in g ar ts th at y ou shou ld r esp ect wh en cr eatin g y ou r f inan c- in g p lan . L AFT Ber lin r ecom m en d s a m in im um wag e of E UR 2 .4 90 ,- /m on th fo r f u ll- tim e emp loy m en t o v er th e co ur se of 1 2 m on ths f o r pr o jects th at h av e b een co n ceiv ed an d p lan n ed af ter 01 .05 . 20 19 . T h is r eco m m end ation ap p lies to all pro f ession s th at h av e ob lig ato ry KSK in su r an ce. For all p ro f essio n s th at ar e no t sub ject to th e KSK o b lig ator y in sur an ce, a m in im u m wage of E UR 2 . 89 0, - /mo n th f o r full- tim e em p lo y- m en t o ver th e co ur se of 12 mo n th s is recom men d ed .

Co sts fo r ho spita lity a nd co nstructio n

Please n o te that ex p end itu res fo r h o sp itality o r co n str u ctio n ar e no t elig ib le fo r su p- p o r t.

Ca sh receipts/ex penses

I f cash receip ts and /or cash ex p en d itu r es ar e m ad e, a cash b oo k m u st alway s b e k ep t.

T h is mu st sh o w at least th e p ur po se of th e r eceip t/ex p en d itu r e, the d ate o f th e p ay - m en t/receip t, th e r ecipien t an d th e amo un t.

Purcha ses at the flea m a rk et o r priv ate purcha ses.

I n p r in cip le, such p ur ch ases ar e po ssib le. Howev er, car e m u st b e tak en to en sur e th at a p ro per r eceip t is subm itted f or su ch a pu r chase. I .e. th is r eceip t mu st sh o w th e

r easo n and d ay of p aym en t and a con f irm ation by sign atu r e o f th e seller * th at h e/sh e h as r eceiv ed th e cash . On ly th en can su ch p urch ases b e r ecog n ized .

Co ro na protectio n m ea sures (ra pid tests, ma sk s, etc.)

Do cu men t in a sp read sh eet all exp en ses yo u hav e p ur ch ased with regar d to co v id-1 9 p r o tection u sin g pr o ject f un d s. Also d o cu m en t th e f r eq uen cy o f testin g an d th e nu m- b er o f ind iv id u als tested ( an on ym ou sly ). Alway s f o llo w th e g u id elines issu ed b y y ou r state as a g u id eline fo r th e f r eq uen cy o f testin g .

Tra v el co sts

I n th e case of p lann ed tr av el and acco mm od atio n ex pen ses, y ou ar e req u ir ed to ab id e b y th e cu rr en tly v alid Bu n d esreisek o sten gesetz ( BRKG) . Blank et cost co v er age – es- p ecially with wages – ar e f u nd am en tally n o t allo wed. Bu sin ess tr aveler s r eceiv e p er d iem s as a r ep lacem en t f or incr eased f oo d co sts. T h e level of th ese per d iem s is d e- ter m ined in accor d an ce with r egu lation s of inco m e tax law.

No te: In g ener al, pu b lic tr an sp or tation sho u ld alway s b e p r ef err ed ov er car /air p lan e.

▪ Ra il tra vel

- Bo ok ing s of th e 2 nd class

- No ob lig atio n to u se eco no my far es ( f lex ib ility in case o f cancellatio n s is im p or tan t at th e m o men t) .

- Ch oo se sho r test r ou te - Seat b oo k in g po ssib le

- Atten tio n at th e tick et m ach in e: No t o n ly "pr o of o f p ur chase", ticket is n ec- essar y

- Atten tio n : Plier s im pr in t is so m etimes still r equ ir ed (d ep end ing o n th e f un d- in g in stitu tio n)

▪ Air tra vel

- E co no m y class bo ok in g s

- Select ch eap est co nnectio n th at is still r easo n ab le

- NPN- Stepp ing Ou t d oes n o t f un d f lig h ts with in Ger m an y. With in Eu r op e o n ly if th e d estin ation canno t be r each ed in less than 6 ho ur s by tr ain.

- Ob tain 3 o f fer s fr om 5 0 0 € p er b oo k in g ( e.g. scr een sho t, etc. ), when bo ok ing th r ou gh a tr av el ag en cy , u su ally no co mp ar iso n o ff er s ar e n ecessary, b ecau se h er e it is assu med th at a p r ice co mp ar ison h as tak en p lace.

- Bo ard ing p asses m ay b e requ ir ed (d ep end ing o n th e fu nd ing in stitu tio n o r o r- g an izer ).

▪ P ub lic tra nspo rt

- Select th e m o st f avo rab le o p tio n ( gr ou p r ates, m on th ly tick ets, etc., if app li- cab le).

( → p ro ve co st- eff ectiven ess) )

- Atten tio n : No t on ly "p r oo f of pu r ch ase", the tick et is n ecessar y ( e.g . screen-

▪P riv a te c a r

- Use of car r equ ir es br ief ju stif icatio n ( e. g . m o b ility ) - M ileag e allo wan ce (with o u t fu el b ills)

▪ Sm a ll d istan c e a llo wa n c e :

0 , 20 € /k m up to m ax . 13 0 € f o r ou tward /r etu rn jou rn ey tog ether ( in ex - cep tion al cases up to m ax . 15 0 € ) (d ep en d ing on th e f un d in g in stitu tion) - L on g d istan ce allo wan ce:

0 , 30 € /k m ( "con sid erable o ff icial in ter est", e.g . in case o f sev er e d isa- b ility etc. ). Mu st b e app r ov ed in adv an ce ( ! ) in wr itin g by the pr o ject ap p lican t).

Atten tion : Her e th e liab ility ch an g es. Sin ce th e pr o ject ap p lican t h as ex pr essly requ ested the u se o f th e car, he/sh e m u st p ay fo r any dam ag e in the ev en t o f an accid en t. Th ese ar e ag ain no t elig ib le f or f un d in g!

T h u s, th e pr o ject app lican t m u st p ay fo r it pr iv ately.

▪Re nta l c a r + f ue l c o sts

- Co sts fo r r en tal car s ar e b illab le ( co mp act class) . - Req u ir es b r ief ju stif icatio n ( e. g . mo b ility ) . - Fu el co sts ar e o n ly b illab le f or r en tal car s

▪ P a rk ing f e e s

- Fo r pr iv ate car : u p to m ax. 10 € /day ( Atten tio n : p ark ing g arag es o ften mo r e ex p en siv e)

- Fo r r en tal car s: u n lim ited

▪ Ta x i

- Gener ally n o t p o ssib le, on ly in ju stif ied ex cep tion al cases.

- E xcep tio n s: T r an sp ort o f bu lky go od s/ heavy lug g ag e f ro m 2 5 kg , n ig ht tr ip s ( 1 0 p. m . - 6 a. m .) , in th e ab sen ce of pu b lic tran sp or t, h ealth co nd itio n o r sim i- lar .

▪ E-sco o ter / renta l b ik e

- E lig ib ility no t y et clear ly clar if ied

- Fo r NPN- ST E PPI NG OUT : po ssib le if th e mo st econ om ical o p tio n o r if pu b- lic tr an sp or t is n o t av ailab le.

Accom mo datio n

▪ Ho tel

- M ax im um lim its:

- M ax im um lim it German y :

7 0 € p lu s b r eak fast /n ig h t/p er son in the am oun t of 5 , 60 € .

- M ax im um lim it a b roa d :

acco rd ing to . "Gen er al ad m in istr ativ e r egu latio n o n th e r ed ef in ition o f th e f or - eig n d ay s and f or eign o v er n ig h t allo wan ces" ( ARVVwV) ( is r ed ef ined ev ery y ear. Th e settlem en t mu st b e m ad e in acco rd an ce with th e ARVVwV ap p licab le f o r th e r espective year) .

Ex c e p tio ns to the m ax im um lim it: no co r re spo n d in g ly a v a ilab le a c co m mo d a- tio n s in the v icin ity (ref er to th e o rg an izer 's list o f r eco m m en dations, d ocu - m en t I n ter net r esear ch , etc. ).

- P a rtia l p riva te use: e. g . p ar tn er s or ch ildr en ar e b ro ug h t alon g, on ly pr o- r ata b illing po ssib le ( e.g . fo r two p er son s on ly 50 % b illab le)

Fla t ra te f o r o v e rnig ht e x pe nse s, do m e stic:

- 20 € /n ig h t ( pr iv ately acco mm od ated or n o r eceip t av ailab le)

▪ Ov e rnig ht e xp e nse a llo wa nc e a b roa d :

- 50 % of th e max imu m lim it listed in th e ARVVwV, bu t no t m or e th an 30 € .

▪ Airb nb :

- Atten tio n : mo stly n o t elig ib le, b ecau se p r ivate acco m mo dation (n o co mm er- cial land lor d s).

- Fo r NPN- ST E PPI NG OUT : elig ib le b y su bmittin g b oo k in g vo u ch er p lu s VAT in v oice o f Air bn b ser vice f ee.

Per diem s

Do m e stic :

- EUR 2 8 ,- p er calen d ar d ay ( 24 h ou rs ab sen ce)

- EUR 1 4 ,- r esp ectiv ely f o r th e d ay s of tr av el to and f ro m th e site ( over - n ig ht stay no t in on e’ s o wn h om e o n a fo llo win g o r p rev io u s d ay) - EUR 1 4 ,- f or a calend ar d ay with an ab sen ce o f m o re than 8 h ou r s f ro m

o n e’ s o wn ho m e or th e f ir st p lace o f wo rk ( with o ut ov ern igh t stay ) Fla t ra te a b roa d :

- L t. ARVVwV ( fo r eign p er d iem and o v er n igh t allo wan ces) . - T rav el d ay : 8 0 % o f th e fu ll r ate

De d uc tio n: If fr e e m e als a r e o f fe r ed in the con te x t o f wor k o r th e c osts o f m eals are already in clud ed in tr avel, o v er n ig ht stay s or ad d itio n al costs th at ar e elig ib le fo r r eimb ur sem en t, th en th e f o llowin g su m s ar e with h eld fo r th e ap p licab le p er d iem s fo r :

- b r eak f ast: 2 0 p er cen t (EUR 5 ,60 ) - lu n ch : 4 0 p ercen t ( EUR 1 1 ,2 0)

Calcu lation :

Star ts f ro m leav in g hom e un til r etur n in g ho me, fr o m the 15 th d ay on ly 5 0 % ( app lies do m estically an d ab ro ad ) .

▪ Ex a m p le 1: Ac co mmo d a tio n in h o te l with br e a kf a st:

- 03 .0 4 . L eav ing th e ho u se 1 4 :0 0 h r s.

T r ain to Ber lin 14 :30 Ar r iv al in Ber lin 19 :00

- 04 . -0 9. 04 . Du ty bu sin ess in Ber lin - 10 .0 4 . Retu rn to Co log n e 1 6 :0 0 hr s Ar r iv al in Co log n e 20 :3 0

Ar r iv al at h om e 2 1 :0 0

- On ly th e time between leav ing h o me an d r etu r n in g ho m e will be char g ed - Daily r ate Germ any : 2 8 € m in u s b reakf ast in ho tel

- Arr iv al/d epar tu r e d ay: 0 3. resp . 1 0. 04 . ( 1 d ay x 14 €, 1 day x 8 ,4 0 € ) - Fu ll d ay s: 04 .-0 9. 04 . ( 6 d ay s x 2 2, 40 €)

- T otal: 1 56 , 80 €

▪ Ex a m p le 2: A c co mmo d a tio n in h o te l w ithou t br e ak f a st ( tr ip ab ro ad ) : - 03 .0 4 . L eav ing th e ho u se 1 4 :0 0 h r s.

Flig h t to To ky o, Jap an 1 7 :3 0 hr s.

- 04 .0 4 . Arr iv al in T oky o , Jap an 0 6 :0 0 ( lo cal tim e) - 04 -0 9 .0 4. Du ty b u siness in To ky o , Jap an

- 04 -1 0 Retu rn f lig h t to Germ any 1 8 :0 0 h r s.

Ar r iv al in Germ any 2 1 :0 0 ( CE T ) Ar r iv al at h om e 2 2 :0 0

- On ly th e time between leav ing h o me an d r etu r n in g ho m e is calcu lated , th e ch ang e o f tim e zon es can be disr egar ded ( sin ce y ou ar r iv e b ack in the sam e tim e zo n e)

- Daily r ate To ky o , Japan : 5 5 €

- Arr iv al/d epar tu r e d ay: 0 3. 04 . an d 10 .0 4 . r esp ectively ( 2 d ay s x 44 € ) - Fu ll d ay s: 04 .-0 9. 04 . ( 6 d ay s x 5 5 €)

- T otal: 4 18 €

▪ Bo rd e r c ro ssing s

- Fo r bu sin ess tr ip s thro u gh sev er al cou n tr ies, th e r esp ectiv e d aily rate o f th e last co un try ar r iv ed at b efo r e m idn igh t m u st alway s b e app lied .

▪ Ex a m p le 3: Bor d er cro ssin g , w itho u t b re a kfa st:

- 03 .0 4 . Depar tur e to Ly o n, Fran ce, 1 4 :0 0h , - Arr iv al L yo n : 21 :00

- 04 .0 4 . Serv ice b u sin ess 1 in L yo n, Fr an ce

- 05 .0 4 . On war d tr av el to Zu r ich , Switzer lan d at 07 :00 a. m . - Arr iv al Z ur ich at 1 3 :0 0

- 05 .0 4 . On war d jou r ney to Vienn a, Au str ia at 1 8 :0 0 hr s.

- Arr iv al Vienn a, Au str ia at 2 2 :0 0

- 06 .0 4 ser v ice bu sin ess 3 fr om 09 :00 to 1 8 :00 o 'clo ck - 06 .0 4 . Retu rn jo ur n ey to Germ any at 19 :00 h r s - 07 .0 4 . Arr iv al at h o me at 0 2 :0 0 o 'clo ck

- T rav el d ay to Ly on : 0 3 .0 4. (8 0 % o f 44 € = 3 5 ,2 0 €) - Fu ll d ay to L yo n : 04 .0 4 . (4 4 € )

- Fu ll d ay to Vienn a: 05 . & 06 .0 4 . (2 d ay s x 33 €)

- ( Switzer land is "lef t o u t", b ecau se h er e was o n ly p assed th ro ug h an d Au str ia was r each ed on 05 .0 4. b efo r e m idn igh t, in stead the daily r ate f or Austr ia co un ts)

- T rav el d ay to Vien n a: 0 7. 04 . ( 80 % of 3 3 € = 2 6, 40 € ) - T otal: 1 71 , 60 €

▪ Ob lig a tio n?

- T her e is no ob ligation fo r th e p ay m en t o f daily allo wances, it is a f r ee- will b enef it.

L o wer amo un ts m ay also b e p aid .

▪ Incid enta l tra vel ex penses

E v ery th in g th at is ab solu tely n ecessar y f or the tr ip can u su ally b e settled .

▪ Visa co sts

▪ In sur an ces

- If ab so lu tely n ecessar y f or e.g . v isa ap p licatio n o r en tr y ( no tr avel can cellation in - su r an ces! )

- Atten tio n : mu st b e a v alid en tr y con d itio n

▪ Va ccina tio n

- if n o t on ly "r eco mm en d ed ", b u t "requ ir ed " acco rd ing to the Ger m an For eign Off ice Oth er

▪ Con n ectio n bu sin ess tr ip /pr ivate tr ip

▪ Ex tensio n o f b usiness trip

T h e ex ten sio n of a b u sin ess tr ip by a p r iv ate tr ip o f u p to f iv e wo r k in g d ay s is po ssi- b le, f ro m six day s ex ten sio n th e en tir e tr ip is n o lo ng er b illab le.

Co sts su ch as accom mod ation an d p er d iem s ar e of co ur se no t b illab le f or th ese p r i- v ate d ay s. Th e p r ivate d ay s ar e ig no r ed wh en calcu latin g th e p er d iem allo wan ces etc.

▪ Exa m p le per d iem a llo wa nce co nnectio n b usiness trip /p riva te trip:

- 03 .0 4 . L eav e h om e 10 :0 0 hr s.

Ar r iv al Ber lin 16 :00 h

- 04 .0 4 . Bu sin ess star t 0 9 :00 h r s.

- 06 .0 4 . of f icial bu sin ess en d 1 8 :0 0 o 'clo ck - 07 .0 4 - 0 8 .0 4. p r iv ate

- 09 .0 4 . Retu rn h om e 12 :0 0 o 'clo ck Ar r iv al ho m e 17 :00

- T rav el d ay : 0 9 .0 4. (→ co rr espo nd s to 0 7. 04 . if witho u t pr iv ate trav el) (1 4 € ) - T otal: 1 12 €

▪ Stop o vers

- M and ato ry stop ov er s, e. g. du e to lo ng tr av el r ou tes, ar e u nr estr icted ly b illab le.

- Stop ov er s, e.g . d u e to pr iv ate trav el o r o th er bu sin ess (o ther p ro ject) ar e b illab le u n der th e f o llo wing con d itio n :

By m ean s of a co mp arativ e o f fer it is sh o wn th at th e tr ip with stop ov er is n o t mo r e ex p en siv e th an with ou t sto po v er ( Atten tio n , co m par ativ e o f fer s mu st b e f ro m th e sam e d ay o f b oo k in g! ). Oth er wise, the d if f er en ce is n o t elig ib le

▪ Currency co nversio n

- Fo r fo r eig n cur r en cies, alway s settle acco rdin g to th e cu rr en t exchan g e r ate ( so ur ces e.g . Bu nd esb an k , E CB, Oand a.co m) . Alway s settle p er d iems in eu r o s and n o t in f o reign cu r ren cy.

▪ Retentio n o b lig a tio n

- Receip ts can of ten b e b illed as co p ies, bu t th e or ig in als m u st b e retain ed fo r NPN- ST E PPI NG OUT at least f iv e y ear s af ter b illin g . Please n o te th at o th er f un d in g in sti- tu tion s m ay hav e d if f er en t r eten tion p er io d s; u n der tax law, a r eten tio n p er io d of ten y ear s ap p lies.

▪ Fo rm o f a cco unting ( receip ts)

- Alway s ar rang e r eceip ts so th at th ey ar e fu lly v isib le an d can b e easily cop ied . Do n o t g lue to pr o tect th erm al pap er fr om fad in g ( so lv en t).

▪ M ultip le co nveya nces

- Be car efu l with mu ltip le co nv eyan ces, th er e ar e o f ten d iff er en t r u les h er e. Th e str ictest ru le mu st alway s b e app lied .

▪ Ta x es/sub sid ies

- T ax retur n s ar e o f ten su b ject to d if f er en t r ates th an tho se stated in th e T r av el Ex - p en ses Act. Und er cer tain cir cum stan ces, th e d if fer en ce can b e claim ed o n th e tax r e- tu r n ( e. g . p er d iem o r KM f lat r ate) .

▪ P la usib ility

- E very th in g m u st b e co m pr ehen sib le an d p lau sib le. All co m po nen ts o f a trav el ex- p en se r epo r t mu st fo r m a p lau sib le ov erall p ictu r e. Wr itten exp lan atio n s ("no te") m ay b e requ ir ed .

▪ Eco no m ic ef f iciency/g reen mo b ility

- In pr incip le, the pr incip le o f econ om ic ef f icien cy and econ o my ap plies. Ho wev er, th e ch o ice of th e mo st eco log ical op tion is not alway s th e m o st econo m ical.

- Ho wev er, as p ar t of th e imp lemen tatio n o f th e Ger m an go ver nm ent's Clim ate Pr o -

o f 2 02 0 th at tr ain jo u rn ey s ar e alway s b illab le, ev en if th e tr ain jour n ey to M un ich wo u ld co st 20 0 eu ro s an d a f lig h t 45 eu r o s, an d ev en if th is m ean s an extr a o vern igh t stay and d aily allo wance ar e n ecessar y.

- E ven th e settlem en t of CO2 co mp en satio n s of th e tr av el o ff er er s as ad d itio n al co sts is p er mitted.

- In the case o f a r en tal e- scoo ter, f o r exam p le, it m u st b e p ro v en that th is is ch eap er th an p ub lic tr an sp or t.

- If in do ub t, ch eck with NPN- ST E PPI NG OUT b ef or eh an d.

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Reg ula tio ns o n ca tering

Basically : if Per Diems ar e alr ead y b ud geted an d cater in g is of f er ed at the sam e tim e o n o n e or mo r e d ay s, th e cater ing p or tion must b e b illed fo r th e p erso n s already re- ceiv ing Per Diem s. In stead o f Per Diem s, o n ly cater ing o r f oo d can b e pr ov ided . T he Per Diem r ate is th e upp er lim it f o r cater ing pr o v id ed .

- Ho sp itality ( ev en with b ev er ag es o n ly ) alway s r eq u ir es a h o sp itality no te - Ho sp itality is su b ject to th e awar d r eg u lation s

- Co n ten ts o f th e h o sp itality en do r semen t ( attach to receip t) . - Co nd ition s:

- Wh y was ho sp itality n ecessary ? If th ere was f o od , ju stif ication of its n ecessity - Wh at was th e r eason f o r th e ho sp itality ?

- Wh o was serv ed ? Nam e an d p o sitio n o f th e p r o ject p ar ticip an t ( cou n cillo r , ar tist, d istr ict ad m in istr ato r ... )

- Wh o p ar ticipated ?

- E xcep tio n s ar e po ssib le if th e cater er s h av e a fu n ctio n fo r th e p ro ject and d o no t r e- ceiv e a f ee or if dr ink s / fo od do n o t h av e a cater ing f un ction - bu t: cater ing n o te m u st alway s b e created.

- No ho sp itality po ssible, e.g . f or : - set-u p assistan ts in ex h ibition s

- Stag e p er son n el ( lightin g , stag e m an ag er , tech n ician s) - cur ato r s

- checkr oo m p er so nn el - adm in istrativ e staf f

Cha ng es in budg et or co ntent

I n p r in cip le, ch an g es m u st alway s b e r ep or ted . Th is ap p lies in p ar ticu lar to :

- Ch ang es in co n ten t, e. g . th e ar tistic con cep t cann o t b e im p lem en ted as o r ig in ally p lann ed or mu st b e chan g ed fo r o th er r easo n s ( m u st th en also b e p resen ted to th e ju ry

- Ch ang e o f pr o ject title etc.

- Ch ang ed time sch ed ule

- Dev iation s f ro m th e b in din g f in ancing p lan - Ch ang ed per fo rm ance lo catio n

- Ch ang e in p ro du ction m anag em en t - Ch ang e in b ank d etails

T h e in d iv idu al co st estim ates ( e. g. d ir ecto r 's f ee, f ee f or an ar tist, ro o m r en tal, etc.) m ay b e ex ceed ed b y u p to a m ax imu m o f 2 0 %, p ro v id ed yo u h av e savin g s in o th er in- d iv id u al estim ates ( No. 1 .2 . of the Gen er al Ad d itio n al Pr ov isio n s f or Pr o ject Fun d in g - ANBestP) . Th e to tal f u nd ing v o lu m e sh ou ld th erefo r e n o t in cr ease. Add ition al ex - p en ses will b e b or ne by yo u. If th e 2 0 % m ark is ex ceed ed , th is mu st b e ju stif ied in th e n u mer ical ev id ence in th e n o tes and will be app ro v ed at d iscretion .

VI. APPLICATION DEADLIN ES

Ap p licatio n d ead lin es f o r th e y ear 2 02 0 :

• 1 0 .0 8.20 20 (1^{s t} r ou nd ) – exp ired

• 1 5 .0 9.20 20 (2^{n d} r ou nd ) – ex p ir ed

Fo r p r o jects in 20 20 , in ju stified and ex cep tio n al cases an d if fu nd s ar e av ailab le, f u r th er gr an ts ar e p lann ed in electro n ic vo ting pr o cedu r es.

Ap p licatio n d ead lin es f o r th e y ear 2 02 1 :

• 1 5 .0 1.20 21 (3^{r d} r ou nd ) – exp ired

• 0 1 .1 0.20 21 (4^{t h} r ou nd )

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VII. J URY

A th r ee - mem ber ju ry of exp erts f ro m th e f ield of d an ce will b e ap po in ted to allo cate f u nd s. Fo r ju ry selectio n , r eg ion al b alan ce and exp er tise are the pr im ar y con sid er a- tio n s. T h e n am es ar e pu b lish ed o n th e web site at: h ttp s://www. jo in tad v en -

tu r es.n et/nation ales-p er f or m an ce- n etz/step p ing - ou t/.

As a r u le, th e ju ry meets with in f ou r week s o f th e app lication d ead lin e at th e latest ( n o legal claim ) . T he ju r y’ s decisio n will b e th en com m un icated to th e ap p lican ts im- m ed iately .

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VIII. ESSEN TIA L DOCUMENT S

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- App licatio n f or fu nd in g : co mp leted o r ig in al f ile as scann ed PDF f ile with h an d wr it- ten sign atur e

- Descr ip tion o f th e p ro ject ( lon g v er sio n ; m ax . 2 DI N A4 p ag es; see p o in t 5 of th e ap p lication fo rm )

- d etailed f in an cin g p lan as an o p en Ex cel f ile ( Please n o te that the f o rm co n tain s two sp read sh eets, b o th o f wh ich mu st be co mp leted. ( See b in d in g tem p late:

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- If ap p licab le, ex tr act f ro m th e co mm er cial reg ister /reg ister of associatio n s ( if po s- sib le, n o t o lder th an on e year)

- If ap p licab le, ar ticles o f asso ciatio n / ar ticles o f in cor po r atio n/ fo un d ing d o cu men ts o r sim ilar .

- If ap p licab le, pr oo f (letter o f atto rn ey ) o f th e sign ator y 's au th or ity to r ep r esen t th e o r gan izatio n.

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